Google Plans to Shut Down Tables This December

In Today’s edition:

1. Google shuts down its Airtable competitor, Tables, as support ends in December

2. EVENT UPDATE: How to Scale Fast with AI, Battle Stories from the Trenches

3. Microsoft resolves Teams antitrust battle with Slack after five years of disputes

4. TOOL REVIEW: Blocks Turn Plain Language into Business Wo Apps and Automations

5. Exciting Career Opportunities for Product and Project Management Professionals

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Google shuts down its Airtable competitor, Tables, as support ends in December

Google is shutting down Tables, its project/work-tracking tool and rival to Airtable, officially ending support on December 16, 2025. Users are being asked to migrate their data either to Google Sheets or to AppSheet, depending on their workflow needs.

• Tables was launched in 2020 by Google’s Area 120 incubator to offer automation-friendly tracking for project management and database-hybrid workflows.

• It became part of Google Cloud as an official product in 2021, with usage cases spanning IT operations, customer service tracking, recruiting, and more.

• Google is advising admins to export data to Google Sheets (with table and conditional notifications features) or use a migration tool to move into AppSheet, which retains relational data, permissions, and automations.

• The shutdown is part of a broader wind-down of Area 120; many experimental projects were cut or restructured in recent reorganisations.

• AppSheet, which already had a data experience layer for automated workflows built in, will serve as the successor platform for many of Tables’ features.

For project managers, this shutdown underscores the risk of building workflows on experimental or incubator tools without a long-term guarantee. The need to migrate before December 2025 means evaluating which alternative (Sheets vs AppSheet or another tool) aligns with your team’s data structure, automation needs, and permission control. Being proactive about tool stability, vendor strategy, and data portability is essential for minimizing disruption and ensuring continuity in project tracking. Read More

EVENT UPDATE: How to Scale Fast with AI, Battle Stories from the Trenches

The All Things AI (Live) community is hosting an upcoming virtual meetup designed for leaders eager to turn AI experiments into real business value. Titled “How to Scale Fast with AI, Battle Stories from the Trenches”, the session promises actionable strategies drawn from real-world implementations, helping executives avoid pilot purgatory and achieve measurable ROI.

EVENT DETAILS:

• Speaker: DeShon Clark, sharing practical, battle-tested strategies.

• Date & Time: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 12:30 PM (online webinar).

• Location: Virtual event, hosted on WebinarJam.

• Event Topic: Scaling AI initiatives successfully—covering high-ROI use cases, governance frameworks, and enterprise deployment strategies.

• Organizer: All Things AI (Live), a community focused on practical AI adoption.

Why it matters:

This event is particularly relevant for executives, directors, and business leaders who want to move beyond AI pilots and drive enterprise-wide transformation. By focusing on real use cases and governance strategies, it offers a clear roadmap for turning AI investments into competitive advantage within months, not years.

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Microsoft resolves Teams antitrust battle with Slack after five years of disputes

Microsoft has agreed to offer “unbundled” versions of its Microsoft 365 suite—i.e. versions without Teams included—after settling a long-running antitrust dispute with the European Commission. The resolution comes following a complaint by Slack over five years ago, and after regulators formally opened an investigation more than two years back.

• Microsoft will now offer reduced-price Microsoft 365 suites without Teams included.

• Customers will also get better interoperability and data portability: easier ways to move data to competing services.

• The commitments (unbundling, pricing, etc.) will be in effect for 7 years, while the interoperability/data portability promises extend to 10 years, overseen by a monitoring trustee.

• If Microsoft fails to comply, it could face fines of up to 10% of its worldwide revenue.

• Both Slack (now part of Salesforce) and another complainant, Alfaview GmbH, have withdrawn their complaints under the terms of the settlement.

This settlement has practical implications: you may now have more flexibility in choosing communication tools, without being locked into Teams if your workflows could work better (or more cost-effectively) with other tools. The interoperability and data portability rules make it easier to switch platforms or integrate multiple tools, which is often a challenge in large or evolving teams. Also, the reduced cost for suites without Teams could free up budget for other project needs. Read more

Blocks Turn Plain Language into Business Work Apps and Automations

Blocks is a no-code platform that combines AI agents and app building to help teams create custom work apps in minutes. Instead of coding, users describe what they want in plain language, and Blocks’ AI builder, Ella, generates the UI, data model, workflows, and automations. With built-in integrations and a community marketplace of templates, it’s designed to streamline internal processes and accelerate digital transformation without relying heavily on engineering teams.

• AI Builder (Ella): Converts natural-language instructions into fully functional apps with role-based views, workflows, and logic.

• Actionable AI Agents: Agents that don’t just chat but also perform actions like sending emails, scheduling, or running web searches.

• Template Marketplace: A growing library of prebuilt apps (HR, CRM, vendor portals, etc.) ready to customize for specific workflows.

• Seamless Integrations: Connects with tools like Slack, Google Workspace, and CRMs, with support for custom integrations.

• Credit-Based Usage Model: Flexible pricing where credits are used for AI calls, image generation, emails, and other actions.

For project managers, Blocks offers a practical way to reduce time-to-solution and minimize bottlenecks caused by waiting on IT or development resources. By enabling fast prototyping, automation, and integration of workflows, it empowers teams to stay agile, validate ideas quickly, and deliver value faster. This makes it a powerful ally for PMs tasked with orchestrating cross-functional projects and driving efficiency across the organization.

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Exciting Career Opportunities for Product and Project Management Professionals

• Product Manager - User Insights @ Lenovo

  📍 Morrisville, NC.

• Product Manager @ CAPTRUST

  📍 Raleigh, NC.

• Product Owner @ NAVEX

  📍 Charlotte, NC.

• Project Manager @ Motorola Solutions

  📍 Cary, NC.

• Project Manager @ Netceed

  📍 Winston-Salem, NC.

THAT’S A WRAP